I’ve stopped arguing with artists.
“You decide the price, the customer decides the value” never goes well.
…
My favorite is:
Them: “The government should support me, because I create beauty.”
Me: “If you created beauty, you wouldn’t need taxpayer support.”
But then, I’m wise enough to realize that what I produce here is only worth $75 a month…
I’m happy that I enjoy creating and storytelling. https://www.patreon.com/c/user?u=20043190
Hint-hint…
I got fed up with the “hoity-toity” types
a LONG time ago, slapping a $100k+
price tag and complain when critics
or buyers scoff and walk away. An
Auction is the best place to sell art
anyway, I’ve seen some stupid high
bids because a couple of rich clowns
start to compete with each other.
President Elect Toxic Deplorable Racist SAH Neanderthal B Woodman Domestic Violent Extremist SuperStraight
TAKE THE DAMNED SWORD!!
It’s “value” is not just in the
material, workmanship, and age.
It’s “value” is also in the deeds
and honor of the owners, past,
present, and future. It’s “value”
is in the emotions bestowed upon
it by its owners.
If it were me, there in Miral’s place,
I would bow deeply while accepting
the sword, and probably be crying
as well. I would also make a vow
to wear, carry and use that sword
with as much honor as all previous
owners. And to return that sword
to the Shimizu, even to Moss Shimizu
herself, when the time is right and
honor has been satisfied.
But that’s just me. I can be a big
softy at the right times.
Miral, you’re using you culture to judge another, NOT
smart! Take the sword, and don’t put in a safe. It
deserves to be used in combat to uphold the honor
it has. Shim’s daughter deserves a sword that has
kept it’s honorable use.
You KNOW that the “boss” is one of the guys when
he starts to chant “There once was a man from
Nantucket…”
Listen to the expert
Ah, yes. Value vs Worth vs Cost. Three potentially wildly
different measures of the same exact thing.
I’ve stopped arguing with artists.
“You decide the price, the customer decides the value” never goes well.
…
My favorite is:
Them: “The government should support me, because I create beauty.”
Me: “If you created beauty, you wouldn’t need taxpayer support.”
But then, I’m wise enough to realize that what I produce here is only worth $75 a month…
I’m happy that I enjoy creating and storytelling.
https://www.patreon.com/c/user?u=20043190
Hint-hint…
I got fed up with the “hoity-toity” types
a LONG time ago, slapping a $100k+
price tag and complain when critics
or buyers scoff and walk away. An
Auction is the best place to sell art
anyway, I’ve seen some stupid high
bids because a couple of rich clowns
start to compete with each other.
TAKE THE DAMNED SWORD!!
It’s “value” is not just in the
material, workmanship, and age.
It’s “value” is also in the deeds
and honor of the owners, past,
present, and future. It’s “value”
is in the emotions bestowed upon
it by its owners.
If it were me, there in Miral’s place,
I would bow deeply while accepting
the sword, and probably be crying
as well. I would also make a vow
to wear, carry and use that sword
with as much honor as all previous
owners. And to return that sword
to the Shimizu, even to Moss Shimizu
herself, when the time is right and
honor has been satisfied.
But that’s just me. I can be a big
softy at the right times.
Miral, you’re using you culture to judge another, NOT
smart! Take the sword, and don’t put in a safe. It
deserves to be used in combat to uphold the honor
it has. Shim’s daughter deserves a sword that has
kept it’s honorable use.
You KNOW that the “boss” is one of the guys when
he starts to chant “There once was a man from
Nantucket…”